Communicable Diseases Surveillance - Tables - LabVISE part 2

This report published in Communicable Diseases Intelligence Volume 27, No 1, March 2003 contains an analysis and tables of monthly notifiable diseases and laboratory data, and quarterly surveillance reports.

Table 5. Virology and serology laboratory reports by laboratories for the reporting period 1 October to 31 December 20021

Laboratory

October 2002

November 2002

December 2002

Total this period

Australian Capital Territory

The Canberra Hospital

10

3

7

20

New South Wales

Institute of Clinical Pathology & Medical Research, Westmead

103

101

34

238

New Children's Hospital, Westmead

89

45

36

170

Repatriation General Hospital, Concord

-

-

-

-

Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Camperdown

-

3

6

9

South West Area Pathology Service, Liverpool

133

90

21

244

Queensland

Queensland Medical Laboratory, West End

280

416

392

1,088

Townsville General Hospital

-

-

-

-

South Australia

Institute of Medical and Veterinary Science, Adelaide

655

555

416

1,626

Tasmania

Northern Tasmanian Pathology Service, Launceston

10

8

14

32

Royal Hobart Hospital, Hobart

-

-

-

-

Victoria

Monash Medical Centre, Melbourne

20

-

-

20

Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne

44

-

21

65

Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory, Fairfield

100

61

59

220

Western Australia

PathCentre Virology, Perth

446

380

335

1,161

Princess Margaret Hospital, Perth

146

-

-

146

Western Diagnostic Pathology

43

25

29

97

Total

2,079

1,687

1,370

5,136

1. The complete list of laboratories reporting for the 12 months, January to December 2003, will appear in every report regardless of whether reports were received in this reporting period. Reports are not always received from all laboratories.
Nil reports

LabVISE is a sentinel reporting scheme. Currently 16 laboratories contribute data on the laboratory identification of viruses and other organisms. This number may change throughout the year. Data are collated and published in Communicable Diseases Intelligence quarterly. These data should be interpreted with caution as the number and type of reports received is subject to a number of biases. For further information, see Commun Dis Intell 2002;26:57.

This article was published in Communicable Diseases Intelligence Volume 27, No 1, March 2003.